The comte de la Béraudière was the son of Jacques-Victor, comte de la Béraudière, one of the great French collectors of the nineteenth century. The elder comte inherited numerous works and added to his collection, housed both at the family château de Bouzillé near Angers aw well as his two large Paris houses, from 1850-1880. Following the Jacques-Victor's death in 1884, a large auction of the collection took place in Paris (18 May 1885). but nonetheless a significant portion of the collection passed on to his son and subsequently his wife, Marie-Thérèse.
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1930
"160 Béraudière Picture to be Sold Here." Art Digest 5 (1 December 1930):20